Obama Camp Denies He Knew Ayers's Background

Hot Air ^ | Oct 6, 2008 | Ed Morrissey

[Breyean]

JIM ACOSTA: Now a college professor in Chicago, Ayers and Obama served together several years on a nonprofit board. And in 1995 Ayers hosted a coffee for Obama when the young community organizer was making his first run for the State Senate. At this point looking back, should he not have done that?

DAVID AXELROD: Well I mean, when he went, he certainly — he didn’t know the history.

ACOSTA: The Democratic nominee’s chief strategist David Axelrod maintains Obama at that time had no idea about Ayers’ violent past.

[RDasher]

Obama was just impressed by all that radical talk from Ayers.

[petercooper]

Here we go. It’s getting press everywhere and Obamadama can’t stop it now.

[Deb]

And he had no idea Santa brought presents!!!

[sarasota]

Obama is incredibly naive and expects all of us to be as well. These terrorists have played him like a fiddle.

[GOPinCa]

When was this interview with Axelrod conducted?

[Izzy Dunne]

That’s not the Ayers I knew.

[stockstrader]

So Hussein's defense is that he is TOTALLY CLUELESS, completely out-of-touch, incredibly naive and just plain stupid???

I guess I can give him the benefit of the doubt--and accept that explanation.

[brownsfan]

BJC was the master: Deny, Deny, Deny.

BHO will use that ploy, and the MSM will cover his arse.

[Future Snake Eater]

Exactly what I was thinking. Either he knows all about these people and likes their styles, or he is completely clueless about anyone and everyone around him. Either way, he would not be a good fit for the presidency. Or dog catcher.

[Republicus2001]

Lest we forget at least an over-the-shoulder acknowledgement to the very first radical ...known to man who rebelled against the establishment and did it so effectively that he at least won his own kingdom - Lucifer. - Saul Alinsky, Rules for Radicals, p. ix, Random House, New York, 1971

[ozzymandus]

Obama camp falls back on the Sgt. Schultz defense. So either Obama associates with terrorists or he’s so stupid he doesn’t know who he’s associating with. Either way, he’s not fit for public office of any kind.

[Norman Bates]

Will this line of argument hold up? I would imagine not but I don’t know. They have given speeches together, sat on a board together, and Obama “borrowed” his living room.

[vietvet67]

Believe the guy in 2nd vid said on Fox a few days ago that Obama and Ayers probably bumped into each other while walking their dogs..

[Nathan Zachary]

"The Democratic nominee’s chief strategist David Axelrod maintains Obama at that time had no idea about Ayers’ violent past."

Yeah right. and Obama still never had a clue when they were giving our grant money to teach those youths Marxist philosophy and activism under that program, nor did Obama have a clue that all his other 'freinds" were marxist activists either.

Man, that Obama sure is stupid then. Not the kind a gullable idiot you'd want in the white house with his finder on a nuclear option.

[DRey]

"Here we go. It’s getting press everywhere and Obamadama can’t stop it now."

Yep. It's the moment of truth. He knew it was coming. Let's see if McCain can get the word out WITHOUT the media's help. If he can, Obama will end up in prison, not the White House.

[ArrogantBustard]

Barry Hussein is either a liar or an idiot.

I don't think he's an idiot.

[pallis]

Obama and his troop of Obamanazis are lying thugs. Obamadolatry is worse than liberalism.

[Fred]

I bet he knew about this

[Maceman]

Obama Camp Denies He Knew Ayers's Background

Either way, it's a testament to his judgment. OL. He didn't know about Ayer's background, just like he sat in church and never knew what Jeremiah Wright was saying in sermons, tapes and CDs that were partially paid for by Obama's generous donations.

This is a guy who is fit to put together a presidential adminstration? And having once put it together, to know what's going on?